Marc Edwards to Race for MonkeyMoto AGVSPORT America Race Team in MotoAmerica

May 11, 2018

Dallas, Texas – MonkeyMoto AGVSPORT America Race Team announces Marc Edwards from Roseville, California will ride with the team in MotoAmerica during 2018. 17-year-old Marc will campaign the complete season in MotoAmerica along with various AFM and CMRA regional events. Marc started racing in 2016 as a Novice and his first weekend of racing saw him reach the podium in all three races with a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. 2017, his first-year racing in the AFM expert class, saw Marc earn 3rd overall expert.

Marc’s racing efforts have been encouraged by his parents, and has been working with Eric Kondo of Eric Kondo Racing, an ex-AFM class champion and AMA racer from 1984 to 1989. Eric Kondo Racing has been working with youths at the club level to prep them for future opportunities and is very happy to see Marc land with MonkeyMoto and is excited to see where Marc and MonkeyMoto go from here.

David Roy, MonkeyMoto Race Team Director, states: “Marc has had a quick rise to success and we are excited to be in his corner as he enters the next stage of his racing career at the national level. Racing in MotoAmerica creates many new challenges for young riders and our race team is geared to help up and coming riders like Marc”.

This decision was made at the recent MotoAmerica round in Virginia where the MonkeyMoto AGVSPORT America team had success as other team riders Jay Newton and Kevin Olmedo podiumed in the Liqui Moly Junior Cup class.

The work for the team begins in earnest as Marc joins the team in Oklahoma for the next CMRA round, the Fourth Annual Westby Classic at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit in Hallett, Oklahoma. Marc will be running his Yamaha R3 in the sprint classes and joining Jay Newton #98 for the Ultra Lightweight Six-Hour Endurance.